Lamentations 4:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:7

And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all his country, from the stream of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

Isaiah 20:5

And they will be full of fear, and will no longer have faith in Ethiopia which was their hope, or in Egypt which was their glory.

Isaiah 28:18

And the help you were looking for from death will come to nothing, and your agreement with the underworld will be broken; when the overflowing waters come through, then you will be overcome by them.

Jeremiah 2:18

And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?

Jeremiah 2:36

Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.

Jeremiah 2:37

Truly, you will go out from him with your hands on your head: for the Lord has given up those in whom you have put your faith, and they will be of no help to you.

Jeremiah 8:20

The grain-cutting is past, the summer is ended, and no salvation has come to us.

Lamentations 1:19

I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing their last breath in the town, while they were looking for food to give them new life.

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem keeps in mind, in the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things which were hers in days gone by; when her people came into the power of her hater and she had no helper, her attackers saw their desire effected on her and made sport of her destruction.

Lamentations 5:6

We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.

Ezekiel 29:16

And Egypt will no longer be the hope of the children of Israel, causing sin to come to mind when their eyes are turned to them: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.